New York Times media columnist David Carr died Thursday at the age of 58. For 25 years, he covered the media industry for the paper, but in this interview, which originally aired on September 8, 2008, he told us his own story.

Hard-living journalist David Carr talks about his life in the newspaper business, and his struggles with drug addiction and failed relationships. For his best-selling memoir, The Night of the Gun, he draws not only on his own memories but also on extensive fact-finding interviews he conducted with old friends, ex-girlfriends, cops, and co-workers.